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RABID

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea

Example:

rabid isolationist

Synonyms:

fanatic; fanatical; overzealous; rabid

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

passionate (having or expressing strong emotions)

Derivation:

rabidity (unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm)

rabidly (in an extreme or fanatical manner)

rabidness (unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of or infected by rabies

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

rabies (an acute viral disease of the nervous system of warm-blooded animals (usually transmitted by the bite of a rabid animal); rabies is fatal if the virus reaches the brain)

Derivation:

rabidly (in the manner of an animal with rabies)

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